As we prepare to head to the polls in a couple of short weeks, I invite all of us to take our privilege and responsibility to vote seriously and in the context of faith. While I wouldn’t dare to tell you how to vote, it is the responsibility of each of us to vote according to our conscience and to have a well formed conscience enlightened by our faith. A good resource for reflection prior to voting comes to us from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops entitled Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. You can find it on the USCCB website at
www.usccb.org or at this link:
https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/forming-consciences-for-faithful-citizenship-title.
In a recent column in the St. Louis Review, Archbishop Rozanski highlights two quotes from the USCCB document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,
“If I can highlight just two points from the document, to help form and challenge the consciences of everyone in preparation for the election, it would be these.
First: If you don’t hold that
abortion is the pre-eminent moral issue of our time, and if you don’t struggle to justify voting for a candidate whose record or policy would favor or even expand abortion, then you probably aren’t forming a Catholic conscience in preparation to vote.
Second: If you think that other serious issues like race, immigration and the environment can be dismissed or ignored, and if you don’t struggle to justify voting for a candidate whose record or policy would be contrary to Catholic teaching on these matters, then you probably aren’t forming a Catholic conscience in preparation to vote.”
Thank you for your attention to this matter and for doing our part to participate in the life of our country by taking our responsibility as citizens seriously. Let’s pray for God’s wisdom to guide us and our nation as we choose our next leaders.
Don’t forget today is our
drive through Sausage Dinner. You can come by the Grade School anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to pick up a delicious dinner. Take the night off from cooking and enjoy some tasty food!
Have a great week! Thanks for all you do to support our Parish.